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Columbia centinel. extraordinary. [No. 1179 (July 8, 1795)]

Published by Benjamin Russell. Contains a complete printing of Jay's treaty. Inscribed near the bottom of backpage by Baron Grenville and John Jay.

GLC08804

to Jesse & Robert Waln re: recently signed treaty (Jay's) of trade & commerce

Docketed on address leaf.

GLC02500.07

to Rufus King

Marshall, Secretary of State, writes to King, Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States in England. Discusses violations of Jay's Treaty (concluded in 1794 between the United States and Great Britain), including impressment, debts, and seizure...

GLC02539

To: George Joy Esqr.

Jay's treaty, French revolution, whiskey rebellion

GLC07964

to Mr. LeRoy and Mr. Bayard

Discusses a shipping business venture. Comments on French naval activities in the West Indies, including their recapturing of Guadeloupe from the British. Mentions a possible response from Sir John Jervis. Speculates that the French might not only...

GLC02450.08

to John Trumbull re: advice on how to conduct negotiations with the British

Advice on how to conduct effective negotiations with the British on administering the fifth and seventh articles of John Jay's treaty. With three sentences struck.

GLC06556

to John Lee re: foreign affairs

"It appears... that G.B. is beginning to relax in her injurious policy towards this country and that some favorable issue may be expected to the mission of Mr. Jay."

GLC07578

[Return of former Delaware troops in the Invalid Regiment]

Nicola signs as Colonel of the Invalid Regiment. Lists the names of four soldiers and their dates of transfer from Delaware to the Invalid Regiment. States that though the men were transferred from Delaware into the Invalid Regiment they "are...

GLC02499.15

to John Adams re: career prospects of John Q. Adams, the Jay Treaty

Written as President to his Vice President. Washington writes that young Adams should not think of retiring because his fair prospects may bring him to the head of the diplomatic corps. Washington also mentions the protests in Boston and elsewhere...

GLC02793.004

[to Robert R. Livingston]

Says Convention of Mortefontaine, as exchanged by William Vans Murray, arrived on 9 October 1801. President Jefferson had it sent to the Senate for advice and consent since the French ratification was not pure and simple in the ordinary form. No...

GLC02899